How to Clean and Preserve Sand Dollars: 14 steps, with 3 easy steps to Preserving sand dollars.
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Collecting sand dollars on the beach can be a fun and exciting activity, but they often look dull from all their time in the salty ocean water.You can learn how to preserve and clean these treasures and turn them into decorations or gifts.
Sand dollars can be cleaned and preserved by soaking them in fresh water and then drying them out on a towel.Prepare a solution of half water and half bleach while the sand dollars are dry.After soaking the shells in this solution for 10 minutes, rinse them and let them dry in the sun.Prepare a mixture of water and glue.The glue mixture should be applied to the front and back of the shell.Continue reading to learn how to make ornaments out of sand dollars.Did the summary help you?